London Chess Classic - Women's Invitational

This is a very nice group of relative unknowns with a few well-seasoned veterans for some nice spice. My guess is that the bulk of the prize money and appearance fees provided by sponsorship went for the chess dudes and not much was left over for the ladies. Only veteran and former columnist for Chess Cafe, Susan Lalic, is rated above 2300: Susan Lalic (England) IM 2310 (veteran player who has been there, done that; she has other things going on these days) Sabrina Chevannes (England) WFM 2042 Arianne Caoili (Australia) WIM 2206 (a headliner for her glamour and the scandals she has been involved in, she is a good chess player but has other goals) Olivia Smith (Wales) WFM 2026 Arlette van Weersel (Netherlands) WIM 2193 (shows flashes of brilliance but - ) Camille de Seroux (Switzerland) 1989 Elena Winkelmann (Germany) 2119 (a steady player) Maria Yurenok (England) WFM 1968 Maria Ikonomopoulou (Greece) 2065 Denise Frick (South Africa) WIM 1920 This is a 10 player all play all invitational event.